Evolution of SSL/TLS Indicators and Warnings in Web Browsers

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Evolution of SSL/TLS Indicators and Warnings in Web Browsers

KRAUS, Lydia, Martin UKROP, Václav MATYÁŠ and Tobias FIEBIG

Basic information

Original name

Evolution of SSL/TLS Indicators and Warnings in Web Browsers

Authors

KRAUS, Lydia (276 Germany, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martin UKROP (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Václav MATYÁŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Tobias FIEBIG (276 Germany)

Edition

Switzerland, 27th International Workshop on Security Protocols (SPW 2019), p. 267-280, 14 pp. 2020

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

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Details about the publication

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.402 in 2005

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14330/20:00115186

Organization unit

Faculty of Informatics

ISBN

978-3-030-57042-2

ISSN

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57043-9_25

Keywords in English

TLS; SSL; browser; indicator; warning

Abstract

V originále

The creation of the World Wide Web (WWW) in the early 1990’s finally made the Internet accessible to a wider part of the population. With this increase in users, security became more important. To address confidentiality and integrity requirements on the web, Netscape—by then a major web browser vendor—presented the Secure Socket Layer (SSL), later versions of which were renamed to Transport Layer Security (TLS). In turn, this necessitated the introduction of both security indicators in browsers to inform users about the TLS connection state and also of warnings to inform users about potential errors in the TLS connection to a website. Looking at the evolution of indicators and warnings, we find that the qualitative data on security indicators and warnings, i.e., screen shots of different browsers over time is inconsistent. Hence, in this paper we outline our methodology for collecting a comprehensive data set of web browser security indicators and warnings, which will enable researchers to better understand how security indicators and TLS warnings in web browsers evolved over time.

Citovat

KRAUS, Lydia, Martin UKROP, Václav MATYÁŠ and Tobias FIEBIG. Evolution of SSL/TLS Indicators and Warnings in Web Browsers. In Anderson, J., Stajano, F., Christianson, B., Matyáš, V. 27th International Workshop on Security Protocols (SPW 2019). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2020, p. 267-280. ISBN 978-3-030-57042-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57043-9_25.

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N2  - The creation of the World Wide Web (WWW) in the early 1990’s finally made the Internet accessible to a wider part of the population. With this increase in users, security became more important. To address confidentiality and integrity requirements on the web, Netscape—by then a major web browser vendor—presented the Secure Socket Layer (SSL), later versions of which were renamed to Transport Layer Security (TLS). In turn, this necessitated the introduction of both security indicators in browsers to inform users about the TLS connection state and also of warnings to inform users about potential errors in the TLS connection to a website. Looking at the evolution of indicators and warnings, we find that the qualitative data on security indicators and warnings, i.e., screen shots of different browsers over time is inconsistent. Hence, in this paper we outline our methodology for collecting a comprehensive data set of web browser security indicators and warnings, which will enable researchers to better understand how security indicators and TLS warnings in web browsers evolved over time.
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KRAUS, Lydia, Martin UKROP, Václav MATYÁŠ and Tobias FIEBIG. Evolution of SSL/TLS Indicators and Warnings in Web Browsers. In Anderson, J., Stajano, F., Christianson, B., Matyáš, V. \textit{27th International Workshop on Security Protocols (SPW 2019)}. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2020, p.~267-280. ISBN~978-3-030-57042-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57043-9\_{}25.

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